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Christian Super hires former Mercer executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... was in the top five single strategy MySuper funds in the past 12 months while Rider ran the portfolio, according to Rainmaker analysis. Piper also confirmed that the assessment of potential merger partners is ongoing. Commenting on his decision to depart ...

Aware Super leads on climate action: IGCC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... superannuation sector is not taking its environment, social and governance responsibilities seriously, research shows. Rainmaker found that the "power hitters" in the ESG space include Australian Ethical, Cbus, AustralianSuper, Aware Super, HESTA, Active ...

Lutheran Super prepares for merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... continued success of the fund", citing pressure on smaller funds as a result of continued regulatory activity. According to Rainmaker data, the Adelaide-based fund has about $700 million in funds under management and just over 6000 members; about 70% ...

Global equities ETPs reap benefits of conversion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... September 2021 quarter shows. A year later, they jumped 457% to $20.5 billion and accounted for 16.3% of the total market. Rainmaker assessed 23 ETPs in the research. Unit trusts on the other hand had 198 vehicles with about $110 billion of assets. On ...

Retail super fund to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... Index Fund. "Its low scale obviously presents major challenges in the current superannuation regulatory environment," Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said. "The closure of the fund continues the trend of many mutual banks not being ...

Best-performing default funds revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... corporate superannuation funds dominated the 10 best-performing default options list in the latest November figures. New Rainmaker analysis of personal default superannuation fund options found that over a three-year period, Aware Super's personal default ...

Media Super apologises for major calculator error

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... its MySuper option achieved 16.82%, the previous year it saw -0.28%, and in 2018/19 it achieved 8.76%. According to Rainmaker data, Media Super's seven-year return as at 30 June 2021 was 8.2%. Its 2015 annual report shows a return of 9.15%. Media Super ...

Plato readies new ESG strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Plato's Australian Shares Income Fund and Plato Income Maximiser LIC. In a financial year assessment compiled by Rainmaker Information, the Plato Australian Shares Income Fund had the second best performance in the year, returning 27%.

Adviser population drops below 19,000

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The financial advice industry lost more than 2200 advisers this year, marking an 11% year-on-year drop to 18,822. Rainmaker modelling of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register reveals that only 18,822 advisers are left as of yesterday, December 16. At ...

Do inflows follow performance?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
A recent study found flows to individual funds do directly follow performance, but there's a catch. Rainmaker analysis of actively managed funds data for the 12 months to September this year shows flows follow performance but there is a lag of about ...